The event is one of four walks held across Maine Sunday to raise awareness about autism. The money raised at the event will go toward services that help people with autism in Maine.

“We have a summer camp,” said Laurie Raymond of the Autism Society. “We do family retreats. We do informational programs and we have a library that we maintain for free, lending across the state so it all serves people here in the state of Maine.”

Organizers held the other three walks in Farmington, Presque Isle and Bangor. The 2013 walk raised about $50,000 for the Autism Society.

FOLKS PUT THEIR SNEAKERS TO GOOD USE IN BIDDEFORD TODAY.. ALL TO SUPPORT AUTISM AWARENESS. FAMILY FRIENDS AND THOSE WITH AUTISM TURNED OUT TODAY FOR THE AUTISM SOCIETY'S 12TH ANNUAL WALK FOR AUTISM. WMTW NEWS 8'S TRACY SABOL HELPED TO KICK OFF THE EVENT BY CUTTING THE CEREMONIAL RIBBON. THE WALK, ONE OF FOUR, HELD AROUND THE STATE TODAY, RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT AUTISM, A LIFELONG NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER .. ALL OF THE MONEY RAISED FROM TODAY'S WALKS STAYS RIGHT HERE IN MAINE AND WILL GO TOWARD SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE

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